ENGLISH HOLIDAY HOME-WORK

Podar international school,   Ahmedabad

                                        Summer Holiday Home Work 2013

                                                       Std. IX -  English

Instructions: Choose the correct answer.

Q1 - I haven't seen them ...... ages

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Q2 - I have been living here ...... July

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Q3 - He worked there ....... several years

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Q4 - I haven't seen him ...... last week

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Q5 - It's been a long time ....... I've had such a good meal in a restaurant

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Q6 - He hasn't been able to work ...... the last three weeks

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Q7 - They've known about it ...... a long time

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Q8 - He hasn't worked this hard ..... he was at school

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Q9 - I haven't seen her ..... a fortnight

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Q10 - They haven't been here ..... 1993

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Q11 - She's worked there ....... years

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Q12 - He's been here ....... three o'clock

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Q13 - There haven't been any wolves in England ........ a long time

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Q14 - I haven't seen them .... last week

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Q15 - It's the first time ....... 1973 that anyone has done so well

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Q16 - She's been working there ...... eighteen months

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Q17 - The weather has been dreadful ...... October

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Q18 - They've been going out ...... New Year's Eve

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Q19 - The film's been on at cinemas ........ Tuesday

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Q20 - Nobody has been so close to breaking the record ..... 1983

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Q21 - ...... then, I haven't been able to sleep well

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Q22 - I learnt German ..... two years while I was at school

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Q23 - I haven't had such fun ....... the last time we met

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Q24 - The film has been on at cinemas everywhere ..... July

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Q25 - I hadn't heard from them .... ages

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Q26 - He hasn't worked ..... he was made redundant

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Q27 - She hasn't been here ...... a month

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Q28 - ..... 1989, no one has lived here

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Q29 - It's the first time I've been here ....... the accident

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Q30 - It was the first time I'd tried doing it ......... I was at university

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Q31 - She's been on holiday ....... the last three weeks

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Q32 - He's been off sick ........ two weeks

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Q33 - The film lasted ...... two hours

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Q34 - I haven't heard from them ..... I sent them the letter

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Q35 - These windows haven't been cleaned ........ months

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Q36 - I haven't been able to get a good night's sleep ....... our daughter was born

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Q37 - It is the first time I've had such a bad fever ........ I was a child

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Q38 - It's the first time I've eaten snails ........ I was in France on holiday

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Q39 - He's worked there ____ he left college.

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Q40 - I've know her ____ ages.

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Q41 - It's been open ____ last month.

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Q42 - I lived there ____ several years.

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Q43 - She's studied here ____ two years.

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Q44 - I haven't seen them ____ July.

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Q45 - ____ when have you been allowed to do that?

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Q46 - I've been waiting ____ twenty minutes.

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Q47 - I have been waiting ____ midday

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Q48 - They've known about it ____ ages.

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Q49 – I have been training at the Gym ____ the last month.

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Q50 – Indians have been worshipping nature ____ centuries.

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Write down the past tense of each verb.

throw   ____________ win   ____________ feel    ____________ sit   ____________ wear    ____________ hold    ____________ fly    ____________ sell    ____________ lose    ____________ grow    ____________ give    ____________ leave    ____________ catch    ____________ go    ____________ tell    ____________ say    ____________ build    ____________ eat    ____________

Write the past tense form of the verbs.

1. I ______ to school.     walk
2. Alan ______ a movie last week.     watch
3. My dad ______ a green car.     drive
4. Anna ______ some poems.     write
5. I ______ 5 books last week.     read

Write the past participle form of the verbs.

1.      Three goats have ______ to the yard.     go

2.      I’ve ____________ Alan for years.     know

3.      Have you ____________ your lunch?     eat

4.      Have you ____________ this map before?     see

5.      They've ____________ a long time.     think

Look at the ending letters of these words and add ed to the verbs.

  smash ________

  shout _________

  trap _________

  glide ________

  slip _________

  live _________

  cry ________

  tire _________

  chew _________

  grab ________

  fly _________

  watch _________

  look ________

  bake _________

  play _________

  check ________

  drop _________

  smile _________

circle the action verb in each sentence. Write down whether the verb is past tense, present test, or future tense on the line.

1.      I run today.   ____________

2.      Anna and Lily went to see a movie yesterday.   ____________

3.      I will run tomorrow.    ____________

4.      That boys plays in the park everyday.   ____________

5.      Mom cooked Chinese food for dinner yesterday.  ____________

6.      I will go to New York next year.  ____________

7.      I choose the book today.  ____________

8.      I will speak to the class tomorrow.  ____________

9.      Alan played really hard.  ____________

10.  Dad drew picture yesterday.

11.  There are 23 verbs that can be used as helping verbs in English. 

     

am	is	are	was	must
were	been	be	can	could
has	shall	will	do	had
does	did	have	should
may	might	being	would

 

 

 

Circle the helping verb in each sentence.

1. I will play soccer tomorrow.
2. We have learned the math facts.
3. He is watching TV.
4. Do you want some food?
5. I can't speak Chinese.
6. Would you like a cup of tea?
7. You should see a doctor.
8. He walks slower than she does
9. My uncle may arrive earlier.
10. I really must work on my homework now.